The following couples plan to marry and want to know the chance of having a child...

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The following couples plan to marry and want to know thechance of having a child with the following diseases. You are agenetic counselor who needs to answer their questions. Write outthe genotypes of the crosses and perform a Punnett square todetermine the probability of the child inheriting thedisease.

           a. an affected father and carrier mother for color blindness(X-linked recessive)

           b. an unaffected father and a carrier mother for hemophilia(X-linked recessive)

           c. an unaffected father and an unaffected mother for colorblindness

           d. an affected father and an unaffected mother for colorblindness

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a Genotype of affected father for color blindness XcY Genotype of carrier mother for color blindness XXc Cross between them XcY X XXc Gametes formed Xc and Y X and Xc Next generation MaleFemale X Xc Xc XXcunaffected carrier female XcXccolorblind female Y XYunaffected    See Answer
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